Collapsible combination bed and closet

ABSTRACT

A collapsible combination bed and closet comprising upstanding sidewalls connected by inwardly foldable end walls. A sleeping platform in the nature of a padded spring support is pivoted to the top of one of the sidewalls so as to be swung to a storage condition between the sidewalls that does not interfere with inward folding of the end walls. Shelves and clothes rod are detachably mounted to extend between the end walls, and a closable opening is provided in one of the sidewalls for access to the shelves and rod. A collapsible bottom wall including a fixed section is provided and there is sufficient space above and on the fixed bottom wall section (when the end walls are folded) to accommodate storage of the shelves, rod and a ladder.

Feb. 1, 1972 United States Patent Jewell [54] COLLAPSIBLE COMBINATION BED AND CLOSET Primary ExaminerCasmir A. Nunberg Attorney-Robert E. Breidenthal |72| inventor: William A. Jewell, 3747 Cambridge, Kan- H218 (.ity, Kanx. 66I03 Mar. 4, [970 [57] ABSTRACT A collapsible combination bed and closet comprising upstanding sidewalls connected by inwardly foldable end walls. A sleeping platform in the nature of a padded spring support is [2]] Appl. No.:

pivoted to the top of one of the sidewalls so as to be swung to a storage condition between the sidewalls that does not interfere with inward folding of the end walls. Shelves and clothes rod 9 NW5 1 v 1 9 C mu 8 N .,i 81 6 3 9 c r 7 M5 [51] Int Cl [58] FieldofSearch.........................

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a closable opening is provided in one of the sidewalls for access to the shelves and rod. A collapsible bottom wall including a fixed section is provided and there is sufficient space above and on the fixed bottom wall section (when the end References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS walls are folded) to accommodate storage of the shelves, rod and a ladder.

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WILLIAM A. JEWELL ATTORNEY COLLAPSIBLE COMBINATION BED AND CLOSET The present invention relates to new and useful improve ments in collapsible furniture, and more particularly pertains to a collapsible combination bed and closet.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a combination bed and closet wherein the bed or sleeping platform is disposed above the closet, and wherein the furniture is collapsible in such a manner that the sleeping platform, appointments of the closet in the nature of shelves and clothes rods can be stored within the collapsed furniture together with a ladder that serves normally to facilitate the users getting into and out of the bed.

In its broadest aspect, the invention involves collapsible bed furniture comprising first and second upstanding and spaced sidewalls, a pair of upstanding and foldable end walls connecting the opposite ends of the sidewalls, a generally rectangular sleeping platform hingedly connected along one side edge thereof to the upper edge of the first of the sidewalls, for downward swinging movement between a horizontal first position directed toward the upper edge of the second sidewall and a downwardly directed vertical second position between the sidewalls and adjacent the first sidewall to which it is hingedly connected, means for releasably securing the platform against movement from its first position toward its second position, means for folding said end walls comprising each of said end walls including a pair of adjoining upstanding folding wall sections each having vertical side edges, means hingedly connecting the adjacent side edges of said adjoining wall sections, means hingedly connecting one of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the first sidewall, means hingedly connecting the other of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the second sidewall, whereby the adjoining wall sections of each of the end walls can be folded to extend into space between the sidewalls when the platform is in its vertical position.

The objectives, important features and advantages of the invention will become apparent during the ensuing description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, such description to be taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. I is an isometric view of the furniture showing the same in its extended or operative condition, and with a portion of the padded sleeping platform being broken away to show hidden details;

FIG. 2 is an exploded isometric view of the furniture, this view in full lines showing the furniture in a partially collapsed condition wherein the end walls are unfolded, and showing in dashed outline the relative position of parts occupied when the furniture is collapsed; portions of the structure being broken away to show hidden details of the structure;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the furniture showing the same in fully collapsed condition;

FIG. 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken upon the plane of the section line 4-4 in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the furniture taken upon the same plane as FIG. 4, but with the furniture in its extended or operative condition and with shelving and a clothes rod installed;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged and exploded fragmentary detail view of isometric character illustrating the manner in which shelving is supported within the furniture, portions of the structure being broken away to disclose hidden details;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged and broken vertical sectional view of the means of mounting of the movable panels in one of the sidewalls;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged sectional detail view illustrating the latch means provided for releasably supporting one edge of the sleeping platform when the latter is in its operative position;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional detail view taken upon the plane ofthe section line 99 in FIG. 1; and,

FIG. 10 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view of isometric character illustrating the means for detachably supporting an end ofthe clothes rod.

Referring now to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts throughout the various views, the reference numeral 10 designates generally the furniture or collapsible combination closet and bed. The furniture I0 is comprised of parallel upstanding sidewalls l2 and 14 which are joined at their extremities by foldable or collapsible end walls 16 and 18 that are vertical and parallel to each other when in extended or unfolded condition.

A sleeping platform designated generally at 20 is provided, the same being of rectangular configuration and of dimensions approximating those of the sidewalls l2 and I4, and the end walls 16 and 18 when the latter are extended. The platform 20 is hingedly connected along one side edge thereof to the upper edge 22 of the sidewall 12 by hinge means indicated at 24 which can be of the piano hinge type. The relationship of the platform 20 to the sidewall I2 is such that the former can be swung from its horizontal position of use such as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 to a vertical position for storage closely adjacent to and parallel to the sidewall 12 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. The platform 20 is of a length slightly less than the spacing of the end walls 16 and 18 when the latter are extended. and the platform 20 can of course only be swung between its horizontal or first position and its vertical or second position when the end walls 16 and 18 are unfolded or extended for the reason that the end walls 16 and 18 fold inwardly will be presently described.

The end wall 16 comprises foldable end wall sections 26 and 28 having adjoining vertical edges that are hingedly connected by vertically spaced hinges 30, 32 and 34. The remote vertical edges of the folding wall sections 26 and 28 are hingedly connected to the sidewalls l2 and 14 as will now be described. The hinged connection of the end wall section 28 to the sidewall I2 comprises a fixed end wall section 36 that is rigidly attached to one end of the sidewall 12, and such fixed end wall section 36 extends toward and lies in a plane perpendicular to the sidewall 14. The vertical edge of the fixed wall section 36 remote from the sidewall 12 is hingedly connected to the folding wall section 28 by means of vertically spaced hinges 38 (see FIG. 3) that are generally similar to the previously described hinges 3034. The other of the, foldable wall sections 26 is hingedly connected to the sidewall 14 by means of vertically spaced hinges such as the hinge 40 shown in FIG. 3. The end wall 18 is generally similar to the end wall 16 being virtually a mirror image of the latter, and such end wall 18 comprises foldable end wall sections 42 and 44 hingedly connected at 46. The end wall 18 includes a fixed end wall section 48 that is generally similar to the previously described end wall section 36, and the folding wall section 44 is hingedly connected to the fixed wall section by hinge means indicated at 50. The folding wall section 42 is in turn hingedly connected to the end wall 14 by hinge means indicated at 52.

As thus far described, it will be appreciated that the platform 20 can be swung from the horizontal position shown thereof in FIG. I to the vertical position shown thereof in FIG. 3 and that the end walls 16 and 18 can thereafter be folded inwardly from the extended positions shown thereof in FIG. 1 to the folded positions shown thereof in FIG. 3, and of course such operations can be performed in the reverse order.

The structure thus far described is not only spaced above a supporting horizontal floor surface 54 but the previously described folding and unfolding of the end walls 16 and 18 and the accompanying relative movements of the sidewalls l2 and 14 are facilitated by the provision of ground support wheels for the furniture 10. As clearly shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, ground support wheels 56 and 58 are mounted to the underside of the opposite end extremities of the sidewall 12. Although the ground support wheels 56 and 58 can be of the caster type, it is preferred that the same not be of the swiveling or caster type and that they be mounted with the axes or rotation thereof being parallel to the plane of-the sidewall 12. In a similar manner, ground support wheels 60 and 62 are mounted on the underside of the opposite extremities of the sidewall I4, and the axes of such ground support wheels are parallel to the plane ofthe sidewall 14. It will be apparent upon inspection of the drawings that the lower edge of the sidewalls and end walls 12-18 terminate in a common horizontal plane at their lower edges, and the ground support wheels 56-62 therefore space the lower edges of such walls above the floor surface 54. Accordingly, the walls 12 through 18 are not in any frictional engagement with the floor surface 54 and the alignment of the axes of the ground support wheels 56-62 greatly facilitates the ease of relative opening and closing movements of the sidewalls 12 and 14 with respect to each other.

A rectangular bottom wall 64 is provided, and the same is disposed in a horizontal plane closely adjacent to the plane defined by the lower edges of the sidewall 12 and the fixed end wall sections 36 and 38. The opposite ends of the bottom wall 64 are fixedly secured in any suitable manner to the fixed end wall sections 36 and 48, and one of the side edges of the bottom wall 64 is fixedly secured in any suitable manner to the sidewall 12. The width of the bottom wall 64 is approximately the same as the horizontal extent of the fixed end wall sections 36 and 48 toward the sidewall 14, and the free side edge 66 (see FIG. 4) is hingedly connected by hinge means indicated at 68 to a side edge of a rectangular and movable bottom wall 70. The length of the bottom wall 70 is approximately the same as that of the sleeping platform 20, that is, the same is somewhat shorter in length than the spacing between the end walls 16 and 18 when they are in their extended condition. In addition, the width of the bottom wall 70 is such that the side edge 72 thereof remote from the hinge 68 overlaps and rests upon a flange 74 carried by the sidewall 14 adjacent its lower edge, the arrangement being such that downward swinging movement of the bottom wall 70 from the position shown thereof in FIG. is prevented. The bottom wall 70 is hingedly connected in such a manner so as to be swingable in the angular are indicated at 76 in FIG. 5 so as to be movable from a horizontal or first position shown thereof in FIG. 5 to a vertical or second position shown thereofin FIG. 4. It will be noted on inspection of FIG. 4 that the relative relationships of the parts thus far described are such that bottom wall 70 is disposed between the folded end walls 16 and 18 and the sleeping platform 20 when the furniture is in the collapsed condition. In such collapsed condition, the bottom wall 70 is closely spaced to and may be in actual engagement with the folded wall sections 28 and 34, while being spaced from the sleeping platform 20 for a reason presently to be explained.

Except for the ground wheels 56-62 (which are preferably rubber-tired) and certain features of the sleeping platform 20, the furniture or combined collapsible bed and closet is of metallic construction with the metals steel or aluminum being preferred. It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that many elements of the furniture can be fabricated from other materials than metals, and such elements may if desired or deemed expedient be made of suitable hardwoods or plastics.

The sidewall 14 includes a rectangular frame comprised of upper and lower tubular members 82 and 84, and vertical and tubular end members 86 and 88.

Except as hereinafter specifically pointed out, the end walls 16 and 18 are essentially identical and mirror images of each other, and a detailed description of one will suffice for both. The fixed end wall section 36 of the end wall 16 is comprised of a rectangular metallic plate 90 that is peripherally secured to and reinforced by a rectangular frame of tubular material that consists of vertical members 92 and 94, and upper and lower members 96 and 98, respectively. The foldable wall section 26 is comprised of a rectangular metallic plate 98 that is attached to and reinforced by vertically spaced horizontal members 100, 102 and 104. Similarly, the foldable end wall section 28 is comprised ofa metallic plate 106 that is attached to and reinforced by vertically spaced horizontal members 108, 110 and 112. The relationship ofthe hinges 30, 32 and 34 to the members 100-104 and 108-112 is to be noted in FIGS. 1 and 3 wherein it will be apparent that while the foldable end wall sections 26 and 28 are free to fold inwardly between the sidewalls 12 and 14, such foldable end wall sections are not free to fold outwardly from the position shown thereof in FIG. 1, this by reason of abutment of the adjacent edges of the wall sections 26 and 28 with each other.

The sidewall 12, like the sidewall 14, includes a rigid rectangular peripheral framework of tubular members, the upper and lower of which are designated at 114 and 116, respectively, and the end members of which are designated at 118 and 120. The sidewall 12 is essentially identical to the sidewall 14 in that both are provided with closable access openings. Since the walls 12 and 14 are identical as to the provision ofclosable access openings therein, a detailed description of such provision for the wall 12 will also suffice for the wall 14, and such provision for wall 12 is now described.

A pair of spaced, elongated and parallel rails or track members 124 and 126, that are integrally joined, are fixed, as at 128, to the frame member 114. The rails or tracks 124 and 126 are for respective cooperation with a pair of integrally joined rails or tracks 130 and 132 mounted on the frame member 116 as at 134. A pair of closures or panels 136 and 138 are guidingly supported between the rails or tracks 126 and 132 and a closure or panel 140 is guidingly supported between the tracks or rails 124 and 130. Inasmuch as the means for guidingly supporting the panels 136 and 138 upon the rails 126 and 132 are identical to the means for guidingly supporting the panel 140 upon the rails or tracks 124 and 130, it is only necessary that the latter be illustrated in detail or described in detail as a single illustration and description will suffice for both. Accordingly, and referring particularly to FIG. 7 wherein the panel 140 and its mounting on the rails 124 and 130 is shown in detail, it will be seen that the panel 140 is of sandwich construction and comprises a relatively thick rectangular block of lightweight material 142, such as styrofoam or the like, to the opposite sides of which are attached rectangular metallic sheets 144 and 146 which, as shown, extend above the upper and lower edges of the block 142. A U-shaped or metallic channel member 148 is disposed between the sheets 144 and is seated against the upper edge of the block 142, and is suitably secured in such position. Antifriction bearing means in the form ofa spool 150 is provided, and the same is disposed in the channel member 148 and has trunnions 152 at the opposite ends thereof journaled in the legs of the U-shaped or channel member 148 as shown. As clearly shown the spool or bearing member 150 is engaged over the lower portion of the track or rail 124 and is in rolling contact therewith. In a similar manner, the lower edge of the panel 140 includes a channel member 154 in which is journaled a spool or bearing member 156 that embraces and is in rolling contact with the upper portion of the track or rail 130. It will be appreciated that the panel 140 is provided with at least two spaced bearing structures such as the rotatable spool 150 and at least two spaced bearing structures along its lower edge such as the spool 156. It will be readily appreciated that the panel 140 can be moved horizontally along the horizontal extent of the sidewall 12, and in a similar fashion the panels 136 and 138 are movable along the sidewall 12. The combined horizontal extents of the panels 136-140 is somewhat greater than the extent of the sidewall 12 intermediate the members 118 and 120 thereof so that the entire extent of the access opening 160 defined therebetween can be closed. In the preferred construction, the upstanding vertical side edges of the panels 136-140 are received in and attached to U-shaped metallic channels such as indicated at 158 and 160, and the latter are provided with recesses such as those indicated at 162 and 164, whereby such panels can be easily manipulated by the fingertips of the user.

As described, the sidewall 12 is such that access to the inside of the furniture 10 can be had in a convenient manner by appropriate manipulation of the sliding panels 136-140.

The sleeping platform 20 in the preferred construction comprises an open rectangular metallic frame (see FIG. 1) within which is disposed a tensioned wire network of conventional character and indicated at 172 which is peripherally attached to the open frame 170 by means of a plurality of coiled tension springs 174 that maintain the wire network I72 under tension. A conventional rectangular sleeping pad or mattress 176 is disposed on the top of the frame 170 and the wire net I72, the dimensions of the mattress or pad I76 being approximately the same as that of the frame 170. The pad or mattress I76 can be ofany conventional construction and of any sort of materials conventionally employed in their fabrication such as cotton, foam rubber, and the like. The pad or mattress 176 can, if desired, even incorporate internal coiled springs of the usual character, however, this is not preferred inasmuch as it is generally preferable to minimize the overall vertical height of the sleeping platform 20 so as to minimize insofar as possible the dimensions of the furniture when in its collapsed condition.

Though not necessary, the pad or mattress I76 can be, if desired or deemed expedient, secured peripherally to the rectangular frame 170 as by means of peripherally spaced snap fasteners, not shown. If the pad or mattress 176 is to be attached to the rectangular frame 170, it is much preferred that such attachment be of such character that the pad or mattress I76 can be occasionally inverted in its use, reversed end for end, and entirely removed from the remaining parts of the furniture 10 for an occasional sunning or airing.

Means is provided for releasably preventing or restraining the sleeping platform against downward swinging move ment from the position shown in FIG. 1 to the position shown in FIG. 3. Such means is shown in detail in FIG, 8, wherein there is illustrated one of the latch means provided for this purpose, such latch means being designated generally at 180. The illustrated latch means 180 is disposed at one end of the sidewall 14, and it is to be understood that a similar latch means is also provided at the other end of the sidewall 14, it being deemed sufficient to illustrate and describe in detail only one of such latch means.

The latch means 180 comprises an elongated latch or latching element 182 slidably extending through the frame member 82 through openings I84 and 186 in the latter. The latch element 182 is shouldered within the member 82, as at I88, and a coiled compression spring 190 is disposed within the member 82, embraces the element I82, and is seated against the shoulder 188 to urge the element 182 outwardly (to the left as shown in FIG. 8) from the latching position shown thereofin FIG. 8.

The latch element 182 has an enlarged head I92 at its outer end constituting a button, and the inner end of the element 182 has an enlarged head 194 of greater diameter than the opening 186, whereby such end of the element 182 cannot pass into the interior of the frame member 82 under the influence of the spring 190.

An Lshaped bracket has a horizontal leg 206 thereof secured to the frame 170 as shown at 208 and 210, and the vertical or depending leg 212 thereof is disposed adjacent to and spaced from the frame member 82 when the sleeping platform 20 is in the horizontal position shown thereof in FIG. 1. The depending leg 212 and a reinforcing plate 2l3 secured thereto are provided with aligned openings 214 and 215 of greater diameter than that of the head 194, such opening 214 being in alignment with the latching element 182 when the left edge of the platform 20 is raised slightly above that which corresponds to the latter being horizontal.

When it is desired to latch the platform 20 in its horizontal and operative position, the latter is raised to align the opening 214 with the element 182, and the latter is then forced against the action of the spring 190 to pass the head I94 entirely through the opening 214, and while the element 182 is in such position the platform 20 is released or lowered to engage the depending leg 212 on the element 182. The latching element 182 is then retained in its latching and platform 20 supporting position shown in FIG. 8.

To unlatch the platform 20 so that it may be lowered, the platform 20 is raised slightly, whereupon the head 194 is free to pass through the opening 214 and the spring 190 forces the latching element 182 to its unlatching position entirely free of the depending leg 212.

In order to accommodate the depending legs 212 of the latch means I80 when the platform 20 is in its collapsed or vertical position small recesses, not shown, are provided on the inner sides ofthe panels I36 and I38 as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

In order to facilitate a user readily getting on or off the sleeping platform 20, a ladder designated generally at 220 is provided, the ladder 220 including side rails 222 and 224 which are connected by longitudinally spaced rungs 226. As best shown in FIG. 9, the rails 222 and 224 are each at one end thereof of hook form; this being for the purpose of enabling the rails to be detachably and supportingly engaged over a selected pair of pins 230 fixed to the upstanding members 92 and 94 of the fixed end wall section 36. The fixed end wall 36 differs in this particular from the fixed end wall 48. Preferably, the fixed end wall section 36 is provided with additional pairs of pins such as those indicated at 232 so as to afford the user a choice as to the height at which the upper end of the ladder 220 is detachably supported. In the interests of safety, though certainly not seen to be necessary, the free ends of the pins 230 are enlarged as indicated at 234 so as to virtually preclude any possibility of inadvertent disengagement of the hook form 236 of the ladder rails therefrom. As will be seen presently, the ladder 220 can be stored within the furniture 10 when the latter is in collapsed condition.

While the pivotally mounted bottom wall will prevent in ward folding of the end walls 16 and 18 when the bottom wall 70 is in the position shown thereof in FIG. 5 for the reason that it is interposed between the folding wall sections of such end walls, it is not essential that reliance be made upon the bottom wall 70 for this purpose. Indeed, in view of the structure now to be described, the bottom wall 70 can be deleted from the furniture l0 entirely if desired and the function of prevention of inward folding of the end walls be performed by the structure now to be described.

When the'furniture 10 is in its extended or operative condition such as shown in FIG. I, a considerable volume of space is contained therein and according to the present invention such space or volume serves the function ofa closet.

Removable shelving is provided in such space, the same being shown in the drawings as a pair of vertically spaced shelves 244 and 246. Inasmuch as the structure and mounting of each of the shelves 244 and 246 is identical and in further view of the fact that the opposite ends of each shelfis mounted in an identical manner, it is deemed sufficient to describe in detail only the means for mounting one end of one of the shelves, and for this purpose attention is directed to FIG. 6, wherein it will be seen that the folding end wall section 42 is provided with a pair of horizontally spaced headed pins 248 and 250. The shelf 246 is provided with a depending flange 252 at the end thereof that abuts the wall section 42. The depending flange 252 is provided with a pair of spaced notches 254 and 256 in its lower edge which are adapted to respectively receive the pins 248 and 250 intermediate the wall 42 and the enlarged or headed ends of the pins 248 and 250. The length of the shelf 246 is just slightly less than the spacing between the folding wall sections 26 and 42 when the latter are in their unfolded position so that the shelf 246 will prevent folding movement of the wall sections 26 and 42 when the shelf 246 is mounted. It will be readily apparent that the shelf 46 and of course the shelf 244 can be readily disengaged and removed from between the folding wall sections 26 and 42. As will be seen presently, the furniture 10 will accommodate the shelves 244 and 246 for storage when the furniture 10 is in the collapsed condition.

bracket 266 including a U-shaped spring portion 268 which receives and releasably retains an end portion of the clothes rod 260 as shown. As in the case of the shelves 244 and 246, the rod 260 can be readily detached from the wall sections 44 and 28 for storage as will be presently explained.

It will be manifest in view of the foregoing that as many shelves and/or clothes rods can be mounted in any arrangement within the furniture 10 as may suit the pleasure of the user. It will also be obvious that the installation of shelving and clothes rods as well as the removal thereof can easily be accomplished through the access opening to the extent and the manner in which the opening is opened by the panels 136-140 that normally close the same. Needless to say, appropriate positioning of the panels 136440 enables the user to place and remove articles from the shelves as well as to suspend or remove articles from the clothes rods.

As mentioned previously, and as shown in FIG. 4, there is considerable spacing between the bottom walls 70 and the sleeping platform when such elements are in their storage condition, and also there is some space between the sleeping platform 20 and the fixed bottom wall 64. Usage of such space is made for the storage of the shelves 244 and 246, the clothes rod 260 and of the ladder 220. It will be noted that the ladder and the shelving can be positioned in the storage positions shown thereof in dashed outline in FIG. 4 from the top of the furniture 10, this being most easily accomplished shortly prior to the end walls being completely folded inwardly. The clothes rod 260 can be disposed within the collapsed structure in the same manner or it can be disposed within the collapsed furniture 10 through the access opening on appropriate manipulation of the sidewall panels.

From the foregoing the structure, operation and advantages of the disclosed and described preferred embodiment of the invention will be fully understood.

I claim:

1. Collapsible bed furniture comprising first and second upstanding and spaced sidewalls, a pair of upstanding and foldable end walls connecting the opposite ends of the sidewalls, a generally rectangular sleeping platform hingedly connected along one side edge thereof to the upper edge ofthe first of the sidewalls for downward swinging movement between a horizontal first position directed toward the upper edge of the second sidewall and a downwardly directed vertical second position between the sidewalls and adjacent the first sidewall to which it is hingedly connected, means for releasably securing the platform against movement from its first position toward its second position, means for folding said end walls comprising each of said end walls including a pair of adjoining upstanding folding wall sections each having vertical side edges, means hingedly connecting the adjacent side edges of said adjoining wall sections, means hingedly connecting one of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the first sidewall, means hingedly connecting the other of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the second sidewall, whereby the adjoining wall sections of each of the end walls can be folded to extend into space between the sidewalls when the platform is in its vertical position, each of said end walls including a fixed end wall section fixedly secured to the first sidewall and extending toward the second sidewall, with such fixed end wall section constituting a portion of the means hingedly connecting said one of the remote side edges of the folding wall sections to the first sidewall, said platform being disposed between the fixed end wall sections and also being disposed between the folding wall sections of the end walls and the first sidewall, when the platform is in its vertical second position and when the folding wall sections of the end walls are folded, a horizontally disposed and fixed rectangular bottom wall having end edges secured to the fixed end wall sections at lowermost edges of the latter and having one side edge secured to the first sidewall at the lowermost edge of the latter, a rectangular and movable bottom wall having a side edge hingedly connected to the other side edge of the fi'xed bottom wall for upward swinging movement a horizontal first position and a vertical second position, means for. preventing downward swinging movement of the movable bottom wall from its first position, the arrangement being such that when the movable bottom wall is in its second position it is disposed between the platform and the folding end wall sec tions when the latter are folded and the platform is in its second position.

2. The combination of claim 1, wherein the sidewalls are provided with support wheels, whereby relative movement of the sidewalls toward and away from each other is facilitated.

3. The combination of claim 1, wherein the sidewalls are provided with support wheels, whereby relative movement of the sidewalls toward and away from each other is facilitated, said support wheels being mounted with their axes of rotation being parallel to the sidewalls, a ladder including elongated side rails, said side rails having extremities of hook form at one end of the ladder, one of said fixed end wall sections being provided with means releasably engageable by the hood form extremities of the ladder rails, the arrangement being such that the ladder can be employed by a user in mounting the platform with the furniture not being caused to roll on the support wheels.

4. Collapsible bed furniture comprising first and second upstanding and spaced sidewalls, a pair of upstanding and foldable end walls connecting the opposite ends of the sidewalls, a generally rectangular sleeping platform hingedly connected along one side edge thereof to the upper edge of the first of the sidewalls for downward swinging movement between a horizontal first position directed toward the upper edge of the secondsidewall and a downwardly directed vertical second position between the sidewalls and adjacent the first sidewall to which it is hingedly connected, means for releasably securing the platform against movement from its first position toward its second position, means for folding said end walls comprising each of said end walls including a pair of adjoining upstanding folding wall sections each having vertical side edges, means hingedly connecting the adjacent side edges of said adjoining wall sections, means hingedly connecting one of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the first sidewall, means hingedly connecting the other of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the second sidewall, whereby the adjoining wall sections of each of the end walls can be folded to extend into space between the sidewalls when the platform is in its vertical position, said foldable end walls, the sidewalls and the means hingedly connecting the same are so constructed and arranged that the folding wall sections of the end walls are prevented from folding outwardly from a first and unfolded position and can only fold inwardly between the sidewalls to a second and folded position, and means for selectively preventing folding of the end walls when they are in their first position, with the last recited means comprising a bottom wall provided with means hingedly connecting the same to the first sidewall for upward swinging movement between a first and horizontal position in which it extends between the end walls when the latter are in their first position to a second and vertical position generally parallel to and spaced from the first sidewall said first sidewall, the foldable end walls, the platform and the bottom wall being so constructed and arranged that when the foldable end walls, the platform and the bottom wall are each in their second position the bottom wall is between the inwardly folded end walls and the platform, and the platform is between the bottom wall and the first sidewall.

5. The combination of claim 5, including a second and horizontal bottom wall immovably connected to the first sidewall and being positioned to underlie the space between the first sidewall and the first recited bottom wall when the latter is in its second position, and one of said sidewalls being provided with an access opening.

6. The combination of claim 4, including a second and horizontal bottom wall immovably connected to the first sidewall and being positioned to underliethe space between the first sidewall and the first recited bottom wall when the 

1. Collapsible bed furniture comprising first and second upstanding and spaced sidewalls, a pair of upstanding and foldable end walls connecting the opposite ends of the sidewalls, a generally rectangular sleeping platform hingedly connected along one side edge thereof to the upper edge of the first of the sidewalls for downward swinging movement between a horizontal first position directed toward the upper edge of the second sidewall and a downwardly directed vertical second position between the sidewalls and adjacent the first sidewall to which it is hingedly connected, means for releasably securing the platform against movement from its first position toward its second position, means for folding said end walls comprising each of said end walls including a pair of adjoining upstanding folding wall sections each having vertical side edges, means hingedly connecting the adjacent side edges of said adjoining wall sections, means hingedly connecting one of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the first sidewall, means hingedly connecting the other of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the second sidewall, whereby the adjoining wall sections of each of the end walls can be folded to extend into space between the sidewalls when the platform is in its vertical position, each of said end walls including a fixed end wall section fixedly secured to the first sidewall and extending toward the second sidewall, with such fixed end wall section constituting a portion of the means hingedly connecting said one of the remote side edges of the folding wall sections to the first sidewall, said platform being disposed between the fixed end wall sections and also being disposed between the folding wall sections of the end walls and the first sidewall, when the platform is in its vertical second position and when the folding wall sections of the end walls are folded, a horizontally disposed and fixed rectangular bottom wall having end edges secured to the fixed end wall sections at lowermost edges of the latter and having one side edge secured to the first sidewall at the lowermost edge of the latter, a rectangular and movable bottom wall having a side edge hingedly connected to the other side edge of the fixed bottom wall for upward swinging movement a horizontal first position and a vertical second position, means for preventing downward swinging movement of the movable bottom wall from its first position, the arrangement being such that when the movable bottom wall is in its second position it is disposed between the platform and the folding end wall sections when the latter are folded and the platform is in its second position.
 2. The combination of claim 1, wherein the sidewalls are provided with support wheels, whereby relative movement of the sidewalls toward and away from each other is facilitated.
 3. The combination of claim 1, wherein the sidewalls are provided with support wheels, whereby relative movement of the sidewalls toward and away from each other is facilitated, said support wheels being mounted with their axes of rotation being parallel to the sidewalls, a ladder including elongated side rails, said side rails having extremities of hook form at one end of the ladder, one of said fixed end wall sections being provided with means releasably engageable by the hood form extremities of the ladder rails, the arrangement being such that the ladder can be employed by a user in mounting the platform with the furniture not being caused to roll on the support wheels.
 4. Collapsible bed furniture comprising first and second upstanding and spaced sidewalls, a pair of upstanding and foldable end walls connecting the opposite ends of the sidewalls, a generally rectangular sleeping platform hingedly connected along one side edge thereof to the upper edge of the first of the sidewalls for downward swinging movement between a horizontal first position directed toward the upper edge of the second sidewall and a downwardly directed vertical second position between the sidewalls and adjacent the first sidewall to which it is hingedly connected, means for releasably securing the platform against movement from its first position toward its second position, means for folding said end walls comprising each of said end walls including a pair of adjoining upstanding folding wall sections each having vertical side edges, means hingedly connecting the adjacent side edges of said adjoining wall sections, means hingedly connecting one of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the first sidewall, means hingedly connecting the other of the remote side edges of the adjoining wall sections to the second sidewall, whereby the adjoining wall sections of each of the end walls can be folded to extend into space between the sidewalls when the platform is in its vertical position, said foldable end walls, the sidewalls and the means hingedly connecting the same are so constructed and arranged that the folding wall sections of the end walls are prevented from folding outwardly from a first and unfolded position and can only fold inwardly between the sidewalls to a second and folded position, and means for selectively preventing folding of the end walls when they are in their first position, with the last recited means comprising a bottom wall provided with means hingedly connecting the same to the first sidewall for upward swinging movement between a first and horizontal position in which it extends between the end walls when the latter are in their first position to a second and vertical position generally parallel to and spaced from the first sidewall, said first sidewall, the foldable end walls, the platform and the bottom wall being so constructed and arranged that when the foldable end walls, the platform and the bottom wall are each in their second position the bottom wall is between the inwardly folded end walls and the platform, and the platform is between the bottom wall and the first sidewall.
 5. The combination of claim 5, including a second and horizontal bottom wall immovably connected to the first sidewall and being positioned to underlie the space between the first sidewall and the first recited bottom wall when the latter is in its second position, and one of said sidewalls being provided with an access opening.
 6. The combination of claim 4, including a second and horizontal bottom wall immovably connected to the first sidewall and being positioned to underlie the space between the first sidewall and the first recited bottom wall when the latter is in its second position, and one of said sidewalls being provided with an access opening, and article supporting means extending between and detachably mounted on the end walls. 